Associate Professor Judith Jones
BSc (Syd.), LLB (NSW), DipPracLegTraining (UTS), Solicitor NSW
ANU College of Law
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Areas of expertise
- Legal Theory, Jurisprudence And Legal Interpretation 180122
- Access To Justice 180102
- Environmental And Natural Resources Law 180111
- Law 1801
- Other History And Archaeology 2199
Biography
Judith Jones has been a member of the Faculty and the Australian Centre for Environmental Law (ACEL) since 1996. She is a graduate in science from the University of Sydney and in law from the University of New South Wales. She currently teaches environmental law to both undergraduate and postgraduate students and also Foundations of Australian Law to first year law students. With her dual qualifications her particular interest has been the connection between science and law including regulatory design for risk assessment and precautionary approaches. More recently her research has focussed on environmental and legal history.
Publications
- Bammer, G, Smithson, M, Attewell, R et al. 2008, 'The Nature of Uncertainty', in Gabriele Bammer and Michael Smithson (ed.), Uncertainty and Risk: Multidisciplinary Perspectives, Earthscan Publications Ltd, London, pp. 289-304.
- Jones, J 2008, 'Certainty as Illusion: The Nature and Purpose of Uncertainty in Law', in Gabriele Bammer and Michael Smithson (ed.), Uncertainty and Risk: Multidisciplinary Perspectives, Earthscan Publications Ltd, London, pp. 269-287.
- Jones, J 2007, 'Global or local interests?The significance of the Taralga wind farm case', in Tim Bonyhady and Peter Christoff (ed.), Climate Law in Australia, The Federation Press, Australia, pp. 262-276.
- Jones, J 2007, 'Regulatory Design for Scientific Uncertainty: Acknowledging the Diversity of Approaches in Environmental Regulation and Public Administration', Journal of Environmental Law, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 347-365.
- Jones, J & Bronitt, S 2006, 'The burden and standard of proof in environmental regulation: the precautionary principle in an Australian administrative context', in Fisher, Elizabeth et al. (ed.), Implementing the Precautionary Principle: Perspectives and Prospects, Edward Elgar Publishing, UK, pp. 137-159.
- Fisher, E, Jones, J & von Schomberg, R 2006, 'Implementing the Precautionary Principle:perspectives and prospects', in Fisher, Elizabeth et al. (ed.), Implementing the Precautionary Principle: Perspectives and Prospects, Edward Elgar Publishing, UK, pp. 1-16.
- Fisher, E, Jones, J & von Schomberg, R, eds, 2006, Implementing the Precautionary Principle: Perspectives and Prospects, Edward Elgar Publishing, UK.
- Jones, J 2001, 'Environmental law', in Blackshield (ed.), Oxford Companion to the High Court of Australia, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 238-241.
